Is it not sufficient for us to say that Allah the Exalted is All-Knowing by His attributes, without adding the phrase "by His Self"?
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The questioner : If one says "All-Knowing by His attributes," and His attributes are from His Self.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Does this mean that specifying "by the Self" is not necessary?
The Shaykh : No, it is not necessary at all; it is not necessary at all. However, if we are afflicted by those who distort the meaning and take it out of its true reality, we must clarify the truth. Being High by His attributes does not imply, does not imply, that He is High by His Self. The King may be here, and the soldiers on the roof; he is not High by His Self, but by His attributes he is above those who are above him on the surface.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Does this mean that specifying "by the Self" is not necessary?
The Shaykh : No, it is not necessary at all; it is not necessary at all. However, if we are afflicted by those who distort the meaning and take it out of its true reality, we must clarify the truth. Being High by His attributes does not imply, does not imply, that He is High by His Self. The King may be here, and the soldiers on the roof; he is not High by His Self, but by His attributes he is above those who are above him on the surface.